Haas, P - Four Songs to the Text of Chinese Poetry (Theresienstadt-Series)
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Terezín / Theresienstadt
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone) & Gerold Huber (piano)
…despite all their suffering, the music that was written and performed there expresses a strong will to live and attests to the power of the creative spirit… Such feelings are omnipresent in... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Vocal Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2007, Disc of the month
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Editor's Choice
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Fata Morgana: Songs by Pavel Haas
Anita Watson (soprano), Anna Starushkevych (mezzo soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), James Platt (bass), Navarra Quartet, Lada Valesova (piano)
[Fata Morgana] receives an impassioned premiere recording by Nicky Spence and the Navarra Quartet alongside Valesova…from joy to despair, every emotion is here in subtle colours; a legacy of... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Vocal
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Gesänge Des Orients
Songs of the Orient
Simon Wallfisch & Edward Rushton, Edward Rushton, Simon Wallfisch
This fascinating programme of early twentieth-century songs (many of them by composers condemned as purveyors of ‘degenerate’ music by the Nazis) struck me as a sort of alternative Das Lied... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2018
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Spiritual Resistance - Music from Theresienstadt
Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) & Russell Ryan (piano)
The performances capture the contrasting moods of each song beautifully. Wolfgang Holzmair is closely miked but not too much to the detriment of his highly sensitive partner and technically... — More…
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